I've read about problems with disarming

[paulo]

Specifically; that when the avatar sleeps, the companions disarm, and when combat initiates, they equip the most powerful weapon (that might very well be a firestaff of doom).

This looks broken, even if it was the original behavior.

[Dominus]

Have you tested it? Marzo fiddled with slepping so that might be working better

[paulo]

Just tried it with iolo on the intro. Seems like it's false on general (replaced the equipped crossbow with a dagger, sleep on Inamo's bed, dagger was still equipped on waking up).
Not quite sure about when the 'best weapon' function is called though. I'm pretty sure i've seen surprising results before (firedoom staff).

[Dominus]

If no weapon is armed, initiating combat will chose the best weapon, I think. Also, perhaps, when you run out of ammo